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The American Middle Class - A Cultural History (Hardcover)
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The American Middle Class - A Cultural History (Hardcover)
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The middle class is often viewed as the heart of American society,
the key to the country's democracy and prosperity. Most Americans
believe they belong to this group, and few politicians can hope to
be elected without promising to serve the middle class. Yet today
the American middle class is increasingly seen as under threat. In
The American Middle Class: A Cultural History, Lawrence R. Samuel
charts the rise and fall of this most definitive American
population, from its triumphant emergence in the post-World War II
years to the struggles of the present day. Between the 1920s and
the 1950s, powerful economic, social, and political factors worked
together in the U.S. to forge what many historians consider to be
the first genuine mass middle class in history. But from the
cultural convulsions of the 1960s, to the 'stagflation' of the
1970s, to Reaganomics in the 1980s, this segment of the population
has been under severe stress. Drawing on a rich array of voices
from the past half-century, The American Middle Class explores how
the middle class, and ideas about it, have changed over time,
including the distinct story of the black middle class. Placing the
current crisis of the middle class in historical perspective,
Samuel shows how the roots of middle-class troubles reach back to
the cultural upheaval of the 1960s. The American Middle Class takes
a long look at how the middle class has been winnowed away and
reveals how, even in the face of this erosion, the image of the
enduring middle class remains the heart and soul of the United
States.
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